Clinical and microbiological assessment of Mycobacterium simiae isolates from a single laboratory in southern Arizona

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 625-630

  Rynkiewicz, Dianna L ^b   Cage, Gary D ^b   Ray Butler, W ^b   Ampel, Neil M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT;

EID: 0031978581     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514573     Document Type: Article

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